Blotter attachment for check or receipt books.



No. 65!,348. Patented June l2, I900. J. R. FARNHAM &. F. F. SCHENK.BLOTTEB ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK 0R RECEIPT BOOKS.

' (Application filed Jan. 81, 1900. J (No Model.)

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' UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES R. FARNHAM AND FRED F. SCHENK, OF PRINCETON, MINNESOTA.

BLOTTER ATTACHMENT FOR CHECK OR RECEIPT BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,348, dated June 12,1900.

Application filed January 31, 1900. Serial No. 3,469. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES R. FARNHAM and FRED F. SoHENK, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Princeton, in the county of Mille Laosand State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful BlotterAttachment for Check or Receipt Books, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a blotter attachment for check or receiptbooks or analogous devices; and the object of the same is to apply asimple and effective blotting device to a book of the character setforthin such manner that a portion-thereof may be employed to blot astub and turned back to clear the stub for filling in the latter andinseparably held in movable relation to the main body of the blotter ofsuch dimensions as to cover almost the entire face of a check or stuband movable toward and from the latter from a point other than thejointure or binding of the backs or covers and leaves.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a check or receiptbook shown open and having the improved blotting attachment appliedthereto and the movable stub portion thereof elevated to expose thestub. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of a check or receiptbook and the improved attachment. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View ofthe blotter attachment looking toward the side opposite that shown byFig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates areceipt, check, or other analogous book havingseparable leaves to leave a record-stub intact with the book, and in thepresent instance the said stubs have the designating matter printed orotherwise applied thereto in a transverse direction, as at 2, andclearly shown by Fig. 1.

.As usual in books of this character the leaves and stubs are inclosedby or bound between movable covers 3, and the essential feature ofthe'improved device is the application of a blotter attachment to thebook at a point other than the usual place of attachment and coloring itby resting the hand thereon while filling in the stub,

The improved attachment comprises a blotter 4, which has a break-line 5to provide a movable stub-section 6, and extending full length of theupper side of the said blotter is a reinforce connecting-strip 7,preferably of textile fabric, which strengthens the blotter and alsoprevents the section 6 from being disconnectedby constant use. Thisreinforcestrip 7 is adhesively or otherwise secured to the blotter andmade longer than the latter, so as to extend around the free ends of theleaves, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and be secured to the outer surfaceof the back-cover 3 at the rear. The portion of the reinforce whichextends over the free ends of the checks or receipts is not attached tosaid ends, and this particular loose portion of said reinforce is longenough to cover or extend over all the ends of the checks or receipts.By thus securing the textile-fabric reinforce to the back cover 3 asstated the blotter is always held in connection with the book and freeto be thrown outwardly from engagement with the leaves to permitseparation thereof from the stubs or to be thrown inwardly for blottingoperations, as clearly illustrated by Fig. 1. The movable section 6permits the stub to be exposed for receiving the record matterpertaining to the check or receipt attached thereto, while the mainportion of the blotter remains on the said check or receipt, and afterfilling the stub the section 6 may be conveniently turned thereover toblot the wet ink and the blotter attachment entire afterward thrownoutwardly to clear the check or receipt, which is filled in inaccordance with the data on the stub attached thereto. The blotterattachment is then returned to the position shown in Fig. 1 to blot theset ink of the check or receipt and again thrown outwardly to separatethe said check or receipt from its stub.

The blotter 4, with the reinforce, may be applied to any form ofblankrbook and serve efliciently as a ready and convenient means fordrying ink.

The improved device is capable of a wide range of modification Withinthe purview of the invention, and though the preferred form of thedevice has been shown it is obvious that changes in the form,proportions, and minor details may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is 1. Thecombination with a check or receipt book comprising stubs and separablechecks or receipts, of a blotter attachment having a break-line adjacentone extremity and registering with the line which divides the checksfrom the stubs whereby the blotter is adapted to fold back on the mainbody of the blotter to clear the stubs or to be brought over the latterfor blotting purposes, and a reinforce fabric secured to one face of theblotter and extending the full length thereof, said reinforce fabricbeing projected beyond a portion of the blotter and over the edges ofthe checks or receipts attached to a part of the backcover, the portionof the fabric reinforcebe tween its attached extremity on the backrcover and the adjacent extremity of the blot ter being loose forextension over the edges of the receipts or checks.

2. The combination with a check or receipt book having a plurality ofchecks or receipts separably connected to stubs, of a blotter attachmenthaving a break-line extending transversely thereof adjacent oneterminal, and registering with the line which divides the checks fromthe stubs whereby the blotter is adapted to form amovable section toblot the stubs or clear the same while the body portion of the blottercovers the receipts or checks, and a reinforce secured to and extendingover the full length of the outer face of the blotterbody to provide ahinged connection for the said movable section and to prevent tearing ofthe said body part of the blotter, the reinforce being extended over oneend of the blotter and secured to the outer face of the backcover, theloose portion of the reinforce between the end of the blotter and theedge of the back-cover being adapted to extend over the edges of thechecks or receipts.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafiixed oursignatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES R. FARNHAM. FRED F. SCHENK. lVitnesses:

M. S. RUTHERFORD, (has. A. DICKEY.

